Rossm25 Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 Just now, She who dares gins said: The youth academy and football golf day I really couldn’t care less about TBH. But again, each to their own. I just want a successful first team. But of course you’d announce sponsors etc so not sure what that griping is about. However frustrations can often spill onto other aspects. Also aware you can’t press gang people into signing a contract, give folk some credit. See we are totally in agreement. But some folk on here seem to think to this signing a player is easy or that we have infinite cash. It's so bloody frustrating for everyone at the club as well im sure, we need to remember that. And I know frustration spills , I just wish folk would rationalise things a bit better, no one wants the club to do bad, especially not the club. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
She who dares gins Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 See we are totally in agreement. But some folk on here seem to think to this signing a player is easy or that we have infinite cash. It's so bloody frustrating for everyone at the club as well im sure, we need to remember that. And I know frustration spills , I just wish folk would rationalise things a bit better, no one wants the club to do bad, especially not the club. I wouldn’t know how the club felt about anything… 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossm25 Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 2 minutes ago, She who dares gins said: I wouldn’t know how the club felt about anything… Haha probably cause folk would complain if they put out a statement saying "trying to bring in players this year is a wee bit trickier than usual" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Fernández Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 My Dad works with a player that played for Clyde last season and he chose to join East Kilbride in the juniors as it was closer to home as he stays in Hamilton.I think you even seen that in a couple of the players we signed. Josh Rae was clearly looking for a higher move than QOS and when the move to a higher club didn't work out, he opted to stay closer to home as Cumbernauld is just down the road from Airdrie. Similar to Cammy Ballantyne in which he opted to join Airdrie full time as the cost of travelling up to Montrose would be a fortune and it worked our well for him as he does coaching at the stadium.Might be the case that players are holding out for the best moves possible, and it could be somewhat of a scramble before the league campaign starts. But I think with the cost of living going up, and players in league 1 not on the highest of wages, most players are looking at clubs fairly local to them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr November Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 In other news, I was having a look at the other scores today and Raith finished their game with two midfielders at the back, only one recognised defender on the pitch and then loads of attacking midfielders and their one striker. Murrayball is alive and well! Looking forward to seeing what McCabeball antics are in store this season. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossm25 Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 2 minutes ago, Mr November said: In other news, I was having a look at the other scores today and Raith finished their game with two midfielders at the back, only one recognised defender on the pitch and then loads of attacking midfielders and their one striker. Murrayball is alive and well! Looking forward to seeing what McCabeball antics are in store this season. Was talking to a mate of mine this morning about Murrayball, when it worked it was absolute scenes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr November Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 21 minutes ago, Rossm25 said: Was talking to a mate of mine this morning about Murrayball, when it worked it was absolute scenes. To be honest I think there were more examples of it not working but even then, it was generally a good laugh. The first 3-2 win over Dumbarton and the Montrose play-off game will live long in the memory. No tactics, just vibes and big Afolabi running the show. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShineOnYouCrazyDiamonds Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 To be honest I think there were more examples of it not working but even then, it was generally a good laugh. The first 3-2 win over Dumbarton and the Montrose play-off game will live long in the memory. No tactics, just vibes and big Afolabi running the show.It worked a lot more in Murray’s last season than in previous seasons, and I think that was purely down to the desire of last season’s squad to actually get the results. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr November Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 2 minutes ago, ShineOnYouCrazyDiamonds said: It worked a lot more in Murray’s last season than in previous seasons, and I think that was purely down to the desire of last season’s squad to actually get the results. Agreed, it helps when the first idea isn’t just launching Sean Crighton forward too. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otis Blue Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 1 hour ago, David Fernández said: Josh Rae was clearly looking for a higher move than QOS and when the move to a higher club didn't work out, he opted to stay closer to home as Cumbernauld is just down the road from Airdrie. But I think with the cost of living going up, and players in league 1 not on the highest of wages, most players are looking at clubs fairly local to them. FWIW QOS actually train at Hamilton Palace. They've done that for a while now so that they can attract central belt players; and the Dumfries based players do the traveling. With Rae my understanding is that when his move to Carlisle fell through (due to family reasons ... ?) he got back in touch with Gibson but by then Queens had filled the gap with Max Currie and it was too late to come back. If that's right then it wasn't really a locality thing (and anyway Queens train at Hamilton which wouldn't have been an issue for him). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHEMOMAN Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 2 hours ago, cb_diamond said: I think to be dead honest, the FB page gets brought up as a source of amusement mainly and on some rarer occasions concern as the views can get a bit "militant" to put it kindly. I wouldn't term it "happy clappy" more "attention seeky". FB doesn't need to seek too much to catch your attention I see!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cb_diamond Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 4 minutes ago, CHEMOMAN said: FB doesn't need to seek too much to catch your attention I see!! Lol wut? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Fernández Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 FWIW QOS actually train at Hamilton Palace. They've done that for a while now so that they can attract central belt players; and the Dumfries based players do the traveling. With Rae my understanding is that when his move to Carlisle fell through (due to family reasons ... ?) he got back in touch with Gibson but by then Queens had filled the gap with Max Currie and it was too late to come back. If that's right then it wasn't really a locality thing (and anyway Queens train at Hamilton which wouldn't have been an issue for him).When he signed for Airdrie and the statement from our website it did sound like locality thing, but you might know more being a QOS fan. I can only comment from the statement from our website and Josh Rae's interview. Didn't realise QOS trained at Hamilton, I think Rico stays there. Probably explains his move to QOS. I Always thought with QOS you would attract full time players regardless of location anyways. I just know that Josh Rae stays in cumbernauld which is only 15 minutes from Airdrie. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Replays Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 2 hours ago, David Fernández said: My Dad works with a player that played for Clyde last season and he chose to join East Kilbride in the juniors as it was closer to home as he stays in Hamilton. East Kilbride were closer to Hamilton than Clyde who play in Hamilton?! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Fernández Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 East Kilbride were closer to Hamilton than Clyde who play in Hamilton?! [emoji6]Just a shame that Danny Lennon didn't offer Mr Mortimer a contract extension [emoji13][emoji871] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otis Blue Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 11 hours ago, David Fernández said: When he signed for Airdrie and the statement from our website it did sound like locality thing, but you might know more being a QOS fan. I can only comment from the statement from our website and Josh Rae's interview. Didn't realise QOS trained at Hamilton, I think Rico stays there. Probably explains his move to QOS. I Always thought with QOS you would attract full time players regardless of location anyways. I just know that Josh Rae stays in cumbernauld which is only 15 minutes from Airdrie. Going back a good few years now I think QOS did try a spell of everyone training in Dumfries to try to improve the overall identity/connection with the community, but it didn't last long as I recall. We've always had a few local southern area players (and we have again this season) but generally the majority of the squad will be central belt based and so locating the training at Hamilton or Cumbernauld (think we may have used Broadwood in the past) for example with good motorway access is a good compromise and aids attracting players. I've no knowledge of this, but I'd imagine other "remote" clubs (eg Peterhead, Stranraer, Montrose possibly) might do something similar. I'd be amazed if Queens offer top notch FT wages at this level (Falkirk and Dunfermline will very probably pay more than Queens), so the club has to be more creative in making its overall package attractive - hence the central belt training. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShineOnYouCrazyDiamonds Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 Going back a good few years now I think QOS did try a spell of everyone training in Dumfries to try to improve the overall identity/connection with the community, but it didn't last long as I recall. We've always had a few local southern area players (and we have again this season) but generally the majority of the squad will be central belt based and so locating the training at Hamilton or Cumbernauld (think we may have used Broadwood in the past) for example with good motorway access is a good compromise and aids attracting players. I've no knowledge of this, but I'd imagine other "remote" clubs (eg Peterhead, Stranraer, Montrose possibly) might do something similar. I'd be amazed if Queens offer top notch FT wages at this level (Falkirk and Dunfermline will very probably pay more than Queens), so the club has to be more creative in making its overall package attractive - hence the central belt training.I heard from someone that Peterhead had two separate training groups, with a group training in the central belt and a group training in the north east, and then meeting up on matchdays. Not sure how accurate that info is but I can imagine it’s even more difficult for the part time clubs in more remote areas. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1320Lichtie Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, ShineOnYouCrazyDiamonds said: I heard from someone that Peterhead had two separate training groups, with a group training in the central belt and a group training in the north east, and then meeting up on matchdays. Not sure how accurate that info is but I can imagine it’s even more difficult for the part time clubs in more remote areas. Think they train in Forfar or definitely were training in Forfar. They used to go on after my mates team finished Similarly Elgin also train in Laurencekirk Edited July 17, 2022 by 1320Lichtie 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otis Blue Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 3 hours ago, ShineOnYouCrazyDiamonds said: I heard from someone that Peterhead had two separate training groups, with a group training in the central belt and a group training in the north east, and then meeting up on matchdays. Not sure how accurate that info is but I can imagine it’s even more difficult for the part time clubs in more remote areas. 45 minutes ago, 1320Lichtie said: Think they train in Forfar or definitely were training in Forfar. They used to go on after my mates team finished Similarly Elgin also train in Laurencekirk Makes sense gents, makes sense ... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonball Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 12 hours ago, Otis Blue said: Going back a good few years now I think QOS did try a spell of everyone training in Dumfries to try to improve the overall identity/connection with the community, but it didn't last long as I recall. We've always had a few local southern area players (and we have again this season) but generally the majority of the squad will be central belt based and so locating the training at Hamilton or Cumbernauld (think we may have used Broadwood in the past) for example with good motorway access is a good compromise and aids attracting players. I've no knowledge of this, but I'd imagine other "remote" clubs (eg Peterhead, Stranraer, Montrose possibly) might do something similar. I'd be amazed if Queens offer top notch FT wages at this level (Falkirk and Dunfermline will very probably pay more than Queens), so the club has to be more creative in making its overall package attractive - hence the central belt training. Stranraer used to train in Paisley, now North Ayrshire. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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